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dinsdag 30 oktober 2012

WANDERBACH page 158

- ‘You should marry a nice young girl. That
will free you of such obligations so you can do what you want.’ Tork laughs.

- ‘Marry, I? Believe me: more free then this I
can’t become. The duchess? Well; she doesn’t take that much time that it irritates or disturbs. After
this journey I discharge myself of all duties and will do what I like most.’

- ‘Which is?’

- ‘Another expedition, together with the dog. Without
servants, just Barg and me through no man’s land under a starry sky, with
nothing but a small tent as shelter.’

- ‘That must be wonderful’; the woman fancies and
stares silent in the front. ‘Without obligations; you have the richest life of
us all.’ Suddenly she looks at him.

- ‘Yet I want to introduce you to someone. I
met her by accident today. She is young, beautiful, sweet but above all: modest.’
She takes Tork to a corner of the ballroom where it is as dusk as Barg meant. With
her back against the wall stands a young woman in a short white dress on bare
feet. The blond curly head shyly bend.

- ‘Gabi!’, Tork cries surprised. The girl lifts
her head timid.

- ‘Do you know me, Lord?’

- ‘Yes, I…I, I don’t know. Do we know each
other? Your name is Gabi, isn’t it?’ She nods.

- ‘Don’t you know me then?’ She shakes her head
desperate. Tork falls prey to confusion.